Poverty And Poverty

Poverty is the single largest determinant of health. It has a widespread range of negative effects, both on the physical and the mental level, making it a significant public health concern in many countries. Poorer people tend to live shorter lives because there’s a clear correlation between income and access to healthcare. This disparity draws special attention to the significant sensitivity of health and the social environment.

Poverty is one of the most devastating realities of life. Those who live in poverty experience poor living conditions, worse health care, worse education, homelessness, low wages, lack of opportunity, and lower self-esteem. Poverty generally occurs mostly in children or young adults, minorities, and women more than any other age group, race/ ethnicity, and gender. Ultimately, poverty is more common in certain social categories such as race, gender, age, and ethnicity and will factor into whether an individual is more likely to be

Although the authors acknowledged the importance and quality of healthcare services in determining the health status of an individual, it also portrayed various personal and socioeconomic factors that determine the health of an individual. The personal factors include sex, age, ethnicity, and genetic make-up. For example, certain individuals are prone to various inherited diseases. On the other hand, females exhibit higher episodes of depressive disorders than their male counterparts. The socioeconomic determinants of health include social status, economic affluence, employment status, and educational background.

This research proved the significance of socioeconomic factors specifically income on the underinsured, it discussed how socioeconomic factors has affect health care when it is accessed.

It can be visible that poverty is associated with poor health; the relationship between income and health is not understood. Studying poverty and health can be confusing because researchers do not know where to begin. The common questions are “Does poverty cause poor health?” or “Does poor health cause poverty?” This seems to be the root of understanding the issue. The answer is not simple. It could very well be that being poor caused poor health because of the lack of resources; but it could also very well be that poor health caused the poverty because medications and doctor visits cost a fortune. It is because of this complexity there is a growing support for the idea that poverty should be viewed as a dynamic concept, not a static one (Benzeval

Health care systems these days are very efficient. Everyone accesses the health care system if there is any health related problem. But the extent to which people in society can access health facilities available to them can vary depending on various factors such as health literacy and socioeconomic status. ‘Health literacy represents the cognitive and social skills that determine a person’s motivation and ability to gain access to, understand, and use information in ways that promote and maintain good health’ (World Health Organization [WHO], 1998). An individual’s ability of accessing good health care largely depends on the health literacy of the individual. Furthermore, Socioeconomic status (SES) is an economic and sociological combined total measure of an individual 's or family 's economic and social position in relation to others, based on income, education, and occupation. The effects of health literacy and socioeconomic status on older adult’s ability to access good quality health care are discussed in subsequent paragraphs.

Poverty for centuries has been a very severe issue that has troubled many nations while impeding economic developments and progress. Poverty stricken countries are majorly concentrated in the continents of Africa and Asia. Continents like the Americas and Europe have globally been recognized as been wealthier yet still many parts of these ostensible countries face massive cases of poverty. Most at times, countries with high populations owing to high birth rates face the most cases of poverty. The definition of poverty can be boundless in the sense that poverty entails so many subsections as it sometimes gets complicated to group everything under one umbrella. Society tends to focus more on the tangible aspects of poverty because many people associate poverty with lacking money and it makes sense because poverty in terms of lacking money is a major problem affecting almost every country in the world. Even though it is debatable that poverty can be physical, intellectual, spiritual and even emotional, it is best to talk about the lack of money and economic developments in this essay. With reference to the oxford English Dictionary, poverty is state of being extremely poor and the state of being inferior in quality or insufficient in amount. Reflecting on this definition given, I deduced that malnutrition and hunger can define poverty. In the light of this, I think poverty is lacking a comfortable place of shelter, being ill and not having access to a better

Many of our nation’s families live under what is considered to be the national measurable line of poverty. Causes of poverty stem from a wide range of factors including, geographical location, education levels, and generational poverty. The effects of poverty can be detrimental to an individual’s psychological and physical health. In the following paper, we will examine the prevalence, impact, and causes related to families that live in poverty.

Some social inequality indicators such as income and education have effects on access to healthcare from a quality of healthcare to the utilization of healthcare. An individual from a marginalized community may not be able to afford healthcare because of limited incomes (Von dem Knesebeck 357). As such, high morbidity and mortality rates are recorded among this group of people. This is however different among the rich who can easily afford, access and utilize the healthcare services. Education is also another indicator which determines whether an individual will seek healthcare services or not.

It is widely accepted that the stress of poverty has long term implications on people’s health; limiting long-term illness among people of working age is not only a potential cause of poverty but also a potential consequence of it (http://www.poverty.org.uk/i61/index.shtml). Piachaud also notes this association, stating that ‘there are large differences in health and mortality that are linked to income and social class’, (Piachaud in Ellison and Pierson 1998 p.239).

Poverty affects the ageing population because people are living longer, but resources are decreasing the elderly have fewer and fewer choices for finding help with finances and health related issues, which results in substandard medical care (KRUGMAN). Another reason poverty affects the ageing population is because of the inability to buy food that is nutritionally balanced makes the elderly health problems worse and potentially shorten their life expectancy. Also the living conditions of the elderly are substandard

Many people have the wrong belief that access to the best healthcare system in the world, regardless of other contributing factors, automatically translates to good health. This is not true. This essay will look into how factors such as Housing, Income and Employment, affect the overall quality of health and wellbeing of an individual. Using various research findings, this essay aims to explore the various determinants, and give an insight into their individual effects on a person’s health.

The association between poverty and health outcomes is often overlooked. Attributable to a lack of structure which incorporates equity and human rights under the basic criteria’s of; institutionalizing, strengthening, and extending and implementing equitable health care to ensure adequate health services (Braveman& Gruskin, 2003, p. 539). Strategies focused on identifying the correlation between poverty, equity, and human rights, in connection to health, have been difficult to assess, however, Braveman and Gruskin explore the relationship between these links, which have the potential to act as drivers towards improving health outcomes. This paper will explore the concerns and resolutions proposed by the authors, while reflecting and assessing the relationships between the arguments within a sociocultural and behavioral health perspective.

In this semester, I learned how to research health inequality of different countries. Every country has different health inequality and health systems. Economy can affect them, health inequality or health systems, so in my opinion, in Mongolia, economy plays an essential role of health. I researched the relationship between health inequality, economic wellbeing, health care system in Mongolia, health care provision, health status in Mongolia to support my opinion.

What is poverty? Poverty is the indicator of individual socio-economic status. Socioeconomic status measures individual income and merit within society. The topic poverty is a serious issue that should not be taken for granted. People from the vulnerable population are often forgotten about within society. As the researcher, one’s objective is to highlight the social issue poverty, demographics, and impact. As well the measurements used to calculate poverty. Why is poverty an issue of significance? Poverty impact an individual quality of life rather it is mental, physical, and emotionally. Poverty is like a big black cloud that weighs, therefore, down. There are many negative risk factors associated with poverty such as high crime rate,